Overnight Summer Camps in the Sierra Mountains

Rock-N-Water Christian Camps offers overnight summer camps, weekend retreats, special events, school field trips, and outdoor adventures that include whitewater rafting trips and 49er Fun trips. The program also runs living history trips, outdoor...

Redwood Adventure Camp includes activities such as archery, swimming, backpacking, camping, group games, crafts, hiking, and horseback riding. Campers take part in daily morning prayers, sing grace before each meal, and gather for an all-camp...

Madera County 4-H Camp at Camp Keola is part of the 4-H Youth Development program, which uses learn by doing activities, youth-adult partnerships, and research-based education programs. The camp focuses on responsibility and leadership development...

Camp Green Meadows Outdoor School combines science education with outdoor adventure for students. Approximately 3,300 fifth and sixth grade students attend the program every year, and all nine student cabin renovations have been completed. • Ages:...

Camp Whitsett is a Scout Camp that serves nearly 2,500 scouts every summer. It houses a nationally accredited high adventure base. Camp Whitsett was founded in 1947. It is owned and proudly operated by the Scouting America Western Los Angeles County...

Camp Ronald McDonald at Eagle Lake offers residential summer camping experiences that include drama, arts and crafts, outdoor education, nutrition education, sports, and waterfront activities. The camp serves both children and adults with...

Berkeley Echo Lake Camp offers youth camps, family camps, Counselor-in-Training (CIT) programs, 50 and better programming, and backpacking programs. Campers and families have access to a heated swimming pool, a performing arts stage, an observation...

Sly Park Environmental Education Center offers students the chance to hike through forests, conduct hands-on experiments in streams, gaze at the night sky, and spend time on an indoor climbing wall. The program also includes a Photo Tour slide show...

Champ Camp is a week-long residential Champ Camp. The program is part of the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation’s camps, retreats and adventures for burn survivors and their families. The 2025 Champ Camp session is scheduled as a week-long program. •...

Sugarloaf Fine Arts Camp offers activities in dance, music, music production and recording, photography, textile arts, theater arts, video arts, visual arts, and vocal arts. Campers focus on a major arts discipline and also explore an elective,...

YMCA Camp Sequoia Lake offers outdoor programming for youth and families that has been in place for over 100 years. The camp includes options such as Family Camp with two villages, Tulequoia and Sequoia, Skate Camp with a feature where participants...

Bear Valley YMCA Resident Camp offers an overnight resident camp experience where campers spend their days hiking, swimming, playing games, practicing outdoor skills, and taking part in camp traditions and evening activities. A typical day includes...

Jameson Ranch Camp has been screen-free and technology-free since 1934 — not as a policy, but as a philosophy. Set on a historic working ranch in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Glennville, California, JRC is a two-week residential summer program...

Camp Wamp offers a variety of activities for children, including fishing, canoeing, singing around the campfire, hiking, and participating in survival challenges. The camp is located near North Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras, providing a scenic...